Iowa City police investigating second armed robbery

9:07 AM,
Apr. 22, 2013

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The Iowa City Police Department is investigating an armed robbery, the second in a week.

Officers responded to Gasby's, which is on the corner of First and Muscatine avenues, at 1:32 a.m. for a report of someone walking into the store and reporting they had been robbed.

The alleged victim told police they had been in the 2600 block of Muscatine Avenue when approached by two men. One of the men was white, wearing a gray and white hoodie and had a thing beard. The second suspect was a black man who was wearing a green hoodie. ...